Attention seafood lovers: The Ministry of Crab is coming to Mumbai

It’s no secret that Sri Lankan chef, restaurateur and host of popular television series Culinary Journeys with Dharshan, Munidasa, is a crab master and has a unique way with seafood.

So when we heard of a pop-up dinner menu by him making its way to Mumbai—speckled with dishes like a rice bowl topped with sashimi slices and hot tea, and blue fin tuna cooked on white charcoal called binchotan—we decided to block off our weekend calendar right away.

But if you aren’t convinced yet, let us tell you that Munidasa will also be cooking up his signature take on classic baked crab, served with caramalised onion and soy, a dish most people think of days after their Sri Lankan sojourn.

Over a series of two flavourful lunches and two dinners, the chef from Ministry of Crab and Nihonbashi is going to give Indian fans a taste of contemporary Sri Lankan cuisine.

His six-course menu will feature his favourite dishes from two of his award-winning restaurants, and some dishes from the recently-opened ‘Kaema Sutra’, a space he co-owns with Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez, who shares Sri Lankan origins with him.

“Dashi is the most important element of Japanese cuisine and we start the dinner with a soup based on it. You will also get to taste my original recipe of Garlic Chilli Prawn served at the Ministry, made using fresh water prawn,” he says of the dishes he is excited about.

If you are looking for a quiet dinner date with family or by yourself, a spot at this table won’t disappoint.

The Ahase Rasa – ‘A Taste of Heaven’ pop up will be held on July 22-23, 2017 at San-Qi, Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai, 1/136,Dr. E. Moses Marg, Gandhi Nagar, Upper Worli, Mumbai 400018. For more information, contact: 07710033143